Left ventricular assist device and heart transplantation in hemophilia a patient

Mohammed Quader1, Zane Rusina, Neil P Lewis

  • 1Department of Surgery, McGuire Veterans Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.

We report here a hemophilia patient who was bridged with a left ventricle assist device and later received heart transplantation. Preparation for surgery with factor VIII supplementation, intraoperative conduct of surgery, and challenges of postoperative course are described with a brief literature review.

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